Overview

The information here is sourced from the Scottish Public Health Observatory (ScotPHO). Their online profiling tool facilitates the comparison of numerous health and social indicators across different geographical areas and time.

After downloading a data archive via this tool, values from the Garnock Valley and Kilbirnie areas were compared to Scotland level data (see top_indicators.R code). All plots, maps, code and documents are available in the github repository.

The following indicators were selected for further investigation:

• Alcohol related hospital stays, ages 11-25 years
• Drug-related hospital stays, aged 11-25 years
  
• Employment rate for 16-24 year olds
• Population within 500 metres of a derelict site
• Young people living in the most income deprived quintile

The time trend for these indicators (compared to the Scottish national value for comparison purposes) can be seen below.

Time Trend for All Indicators

Interactive time trends and maps are presented for these indicators in the following sections. The code used to generate these can be found in plots_generate.R and maps_generate.R.

Alcohol Related Hospital Stays

The national trend is a decrease for alcohol related hospital stays for this age group (11–25 years). While North Ayrshire and NHS Ayrshire & Arran have closed their inequality gaps, they remain consistently and significantly above the national average.

Map of Alcohol Related Hospital Stays (11–25 years)

Drug Related Hospital Stays

North Ayrshire and NHS Ayrshire & Arran follow the national trend for drug related stays for this age group (11–25 years), and they remain consistently and significantly above the national average

Map of Alcohol Related Hospital Stays (11–25 years)

Employment Rate

The employment rate for young people (16–24 years) in North Ayrshire and NHS Ayrshire & Arran has been significantly lower than the national average in the recent past, achieving above average performance in just one year out of the fourteen shown.

Map of Employment Rate for 16–24 year olds

Derelict Sites

All of the geographies presented show a significantly higher proportion of the population living within 500m of a derelict site, when compared to the national mean. Notably the Kilbirnie North, and Kilbirnie South & Longbar zones, exhibit some 2.5× the national average.

Map of Population Within 500m of a Derelict Site

Income Deprivation

The following geographies show consistently more young people living in the most deprived quintile when compared to the national average: NHS Ayrshire & Arran, Garnock Valley, Kilbirnie South & Longbar, and North Ayrshire. The value of this indicator in the area of Kilbirnie North has consistently risen since 2014 and is now ~12% above the national average.

Map of the Percentage of Young People Living in the Most Deprived Quintile

Related Documents

These documents delineate health policies and strategies related to the area of North Ayshire and can be found in the docs folder.

• North Ayshire Health and Social Care Strategic Plan 2018 – 2021

  • North Ayshire Health and Social Care Strategic Plan 2018 – 2021 SUMMARY
  • North Ayshire Health and Social Care Strategic Plan 2018 – 2021 DRAFT FOR CONSULTATION

  
  This document outlines the health and social care inequalities in the region and strategies for dealing with them in the immediate future, including working with the Third Sector Interface to support social enterprise. Appendix 6 shows selected statistics for the Garnock Valley area.

• North Ayshire Health and Social Care Partnership Strategies, Plans and Reports

  • A number of documents outlining the partnership’s strategies/plans etc are found online. Included in the docs folder are:
  • Annual Performance Report 2017 – 18
    Includes partnership performance against national outcomes on health, wellbeing, children and justice.
  • Shared Equality Outcomes 2017 – 21
    Action plan on improving equality outcomes in the area, e.g. supporting formerly cared for young people to access employment, education or training; and increasing number of social enterprises.
    
    

• North Ayrshire Community Planning Partnership Response to Health & Sport Committee.
  Comments on questions raised relating to early years health inequalities and employment.

• NHS Ayrshire & Arran 2020 Vision.
  Overview of the future health and wellbeing framework for the area, including short, medium and longer term aims.

• ScotPHO North Ayrshire Health and Wellbeing Profiles – key indicators and overview.
  This document includes notable charts and statistics relating to health and wellbeing in the area.
  
  
  

Additional Assets

This section contains static screenshots of the interactive maps and plots from the previous sections.